A little later than usual – here’s December’s Counterparty Newsletter. Check out some recent news below:

Community Updates

Bassmint News – Genesis Collection Drops!
The Bassmint project has dropped their Genesis collection showcasing the earliest musicians supporting the platform. Bassmint is funded through donations from the Bassmint token – there are no fees from the artists.

With a venue in the Metaverse in Voxel (https://www.voxels.com/play?coords=N@3315E,1677S), Bassmint are planning some live music events and The 5 Unique Vinyls of the collection are currently in production. Bassmint is here to stay and keep growing.

Included in the drop is KEKEBRATE – a videoart piece from Rito Rhymes, featuring over 100 Pepe artworks for Rare, Fake and Dank directories has “Pepe-remixed” Daft Punk’s track “One More Time”.

More info here: https://bassmint.wtf/series/genesis/

 

12 Days of Kekmas
Long-time bitcoin art supporter Rebel Money is dropping 12 unique pieces of content from several notable Rare Pepe and Counterparty artists. You can catch them all starting 13th December and through the holiday season at https://www.rebelmoney.art/kekmas and also twitter https://twitter.com/rebelmoneyart – make sure to give him a follow to make sure you don’t miss out!

 

Counterparty Name Service (.xcp)
Many Counterparty community members advertise their love and affiliation with a .xcp suffix on various social media – what is it and how do you get one?

Community member @Carsontated has written an excellent article describing how you can create your very own .xcp address and how you can make use of it. The article is available on Medium.com: https://medium.com/@Carsonated/counterparty-name-service-xcp-93065e3f6807

 

BLACKBOX tokens to support J-Dog into 2023
J-Dog’s call out to continue funding his full time focus on Counterparty through 2023 is still available. The proposed pipeline includes:

• New block explorer
• Browser based mobile wallet
• Fresh and modern Counterparty.io website
• Implement trusted dispensers
• Integration of a Virtual Machine into Counterparty
• Bugfixes and improvements to Counterparty

If you are interested in making any of these potential developments happen you can donate by sending funds to this dispenser. Donations of at least 0.001 BTC will receive a token from the dispenser to commemorate the donation and will also receive some airdrops rewards.

 

Counterparty.io updates
The Counterparty.io/projects list has been updated again. Feel free to browse and visit projects using Counterparty. You may find something new that interests you!

New addition this month:

• PepeFlags.Art is a project that was started in 2017 as a hobby where we remake every US state flag using Pepe The Frog and only recently began minting them as Counterparty assets in early 2022. With these Pepe Flags we hope to inspire more frog frens to come be a part of the growing Counterparty community and have plans to eventually expand our project to include International Pepe Flags to attract greater global audiences to the Counterparty platform.

If your project isn’t there, and you’d like it to be added – please contact projects@counterparty.io with a logo, a link to a website and a short description.

 

FAQs to help
Watch out for a new resource coming soon to help newbies improve knowledge and provide answers to commonly asked questions. If you have any suggestions for questions, please drop us a line at support@counterparty.io.

Development Updates

Counterparty 9.60.1 release coming soon
A new release of Counterparty is almost ready for release. Version 9.60.1 will fixe a number of issues for parsing and re-parsing the full XCP transaction history that have been introduced over many years of development. Startup options will also be included to bypass default behaviour when deploying a node meaning the use of an initial Bootstrap database is optional. (Note that a full parsing of the entire Counterparty transaction history takes approximately 2 weeks.)

Counterparty makes use of Bitcoin Core – this will be updated to 24.0 which includes security improvements.

Keep an eye on the Counterparty twitter feed for announcements.

 

Xchain.io updates
There have been a bumper number of quality of life and user community suggested improvements made to Xchain.io recently – updates include:

• Highlighting of dispensers to make it easier to differentiate open / closed dispensers using red / green colouring.
• Colour coding of dispenses on address page to make it easy to see if a dispense is going OUT of an address (red) or a dispense coming in (green)
• Updates to display the USD price of 1 whole token, when the amount being sold is less than 1
• Prices showing for many more tokens / assets based on historical data – many more assets now show a value.
• Display USD format in ‘Market Information’ shown at 8 decimal places to facilitate easier tracking of price movements below $0.01
• Added ‘dispenses’ tab to address and asset pages to make viewing dispenses easier
• You can specify the active tab with the param “active” or “tab” as part of a URL i.e. https://xchain.io/asset/RAREPEPE?active=dispensers 
• Make pages more mobile friendly. Collapse tabs that don’t fit on-screen in a single line into a “More” submenu

Reminder: As at the end of November 2022 xchain.io no longer displays embedded HTML content without user consent – this is to reduce chances of a nefarious action being taken by the embedded HTML/javascript code. In order to view the content, users will need to click the prompt.

 

Are you a counterparty developer?
Ready to publicise your skills? Want to collaborate with others in the Counterparty community? 

A community resource is being created for those wanting to get in contact with Counterparty Developers. A register will be publicly available and shared regularly in the Counterparty Telegram groups to allow potential collaborators to match with developers. 

If you want to share your details – enter your details here: https://forms.gle/An5npxWAzJZ5dvy59

CIPs exist to give the development and user community a voice in the future of Counterparty features. More info can be found at  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips. If you have a great idea for improving the Counterparty experience, please get in touch.

 

Community Hangouts

The November Counterparty Community Hangout was hosted on November 16. There were some great discussions within the community including contributions from HIPHOP.GAME discussing their generative music project, Theo Goodman updating the community on his Ugly Lines project, Rare Scrilla  talking about Fake Basel Miami (which took place December 2 – 4), and Shawn Leary giving a brief update on the HNFT event in Barcelona.

Well worth a listen if you were unable to make it. Recording is available here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXlmgaNvGZ

The next Community Hangout has not yet been scheduled. Make sure you don’t miss the next one – details will be posted on the Counterparty Twitter https://twitter.com/CounterpartyXCP. Join the Official Counterparty Chat on Telegram https://t.me/Counterparty_XCP for announcements. Drop us a message if you have an exciting topic you want to discuss with developers or the community.

 

For any media inquiries contact press@counterparty.io.

Please join the @Counterparty_XCP group on Telegram for breaking news and real-time Counterparty conversation!

Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.

Check out some recent news below:

Community Updates

Counterparty.io updates
The Counterparty.io/projects list has recently been updated. Feel free to browse and visit projects using Counterparty. You may find something new that interests you!

New additions this month include:

• Barnyard Club is the lightly curated directory for humble farmers on Counterparty looking to continue farming after the successful completion of Bitcorns as well as novice farmers looking to share art and experiences around the barn. Farming is important to everyone, so a low barrier to entry and excellent support for new or first time creators is an important part of our ethos. The Farmers Consortium may be calling the shots but the farmers that participate from around the world are the ones bringing the wholesome art as food and non-GMO produce direct to your table. Join us in the Barnyard and become a member of the Club.
• Pepe.wtf is an all-in-one platform for Rare Pepes, Fare Rares, Fake Commons and Dank Rares. It aims to be the center social hub of the Pepe community, providing easy-to-use tools for and frictionless Pepe exploring, buying or selling.
• NFT Relics Explorer provides information about sales and open offers of assets on XChain and OpenSea. It also features a timeline detailing creation of various NFT projects on multiple platforms including Counterparty

If your project isn’t there, and you’d like it to be added – please contact projects@counterparty.io with a logo and a short description.

 

BLACKBOX tokens to support J-Dog into 2023
J-Dog has recently set up a new dispenser to support his continued full time focus on Counterparty through 2023:

• New block explorer
• Browser based mobile wallet
• Fresh and modern Counterparty.io website
• Implement trusted dispensers
• Integration of a Virtual Machine into Counterparty
• Bugfixes and improvements to Counterparty

Donations of at least 0.001 (~$20) will receive a token from the dispenser to commemorate the donation and will also receive some airdrops rewards.

 

Upcoming Events

PepeX – London – 2nd November
A Pepe exhibition and party incorporating all types of Pepes called PepeX will be hosted in London at the Old Brompton Gallery on 2nd November. Gallery opens 12noon, closes 6pm. An auction will be run by none other than Theo Goodman himself, followed by an afterparty until 9pm.

Tickets and more details available here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pepex-london-tickets-442357502197

 

FAQs to help
Watch out for a new resource coming soon to help newbies improve knowledge and provide answers to commonly asked questions. If you have any suggestions for questions, please drop us a line at support@counterparty.io.

Development Updates

Xchain.io updated – CIP25 Improvements Implementation
The Enhanced Asset Information Specification (CIP25) has been implemented within xchain.io. This allows asset owners to specify contact information, multiple media types, DNS records and social media account details.

At the end of November 2022 xchain.io will no longer display content of the HTML field without user consent – this is to reduce chances of a nefarious action being taken by the embedded HTML/javascript code.

 

Eclipse Wallet Beta!
A new chrome extension Eclipse Wallet has entered beta. fabrique.xcp has developed an extension to work with Counterparty assets. Features currently include, import a wallet using a passphrase, import addresses using private keys, issue assets, review transactions and asset details directly from your browser.

At time of writing, the Chrome Extension store is still processing the submission, but if you’d like to see it in action there is a download and instructions available from Fabrique’s Github page: https://github.com/Hakkonen/Eclipse.

 

CIPs exist to give the development and user community a voice in the future of Counterparty features. More info can be found at  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips. If you have a great idea for improving the Counterparty experience, please get in touch.

 

Community Hangouts

The October Counterparty Community Hangout was hosted on October 12. There were some useful discussions about getting started with development, and a number of developers are now dipping their toe into the world of Counterparty development. Information can be found at 

J-Dog talks about a new block explorer in the works – tokenscan.io which will be “coming soon”.

There was an interesting discussion with Darky from Dark Inc Studios about how he came to Counterparty and how he embraced the community spirit and extensive use of subassets. Darky also talks about his charity work and how he started out with NFTs.

You can listen to the recording here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OdJrzloomeJX?s=20 

This month’s space will be hosted on November 9th @ 1pm PST / 4pm EST /  9pm UTC – follow the Counterparty Twitter at https://twitter.com/CounterpartyXCP or join the Official Counterparty Chat on Telegram https://t.me/Counterparty_XCP for announcements. Drop us a message if you have an exciting topic you want to discuss with developers or the community.

 

For any media inquiries contact press@counterparty.io.

Please join the @Counterparty_XCP group on Telegram for breaking news and real-time Counterparty conversation!

Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.

Check out some recent news below:

Community Updates

A Brief Essay of Historical Asset Hacking
Arwyn (PEP8lien) has documented a recent project he undertook with Oliver Morris. The article discussed how a sub-asset was rediscovered and released as a collaboration between Arwyn and Oliver. It’s an interesting journey of discovery, mistakes and ultimately awesomeness.

Make sure you have a read: https://arwynkhughes.substack.com/p/nakamotonakamoto-wtf.

Historic NFT Timeline Research
Session 2 of the Historic NFT Research twitter space recording is now available. Listen to discussions about how NFTs and digital assets were used 2015 – 2016. https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YpKkgRyjwyKj?s=20  

This project is bringing together famous contributors from the NFT space to document the Historic NFT Timeline from 2011-2019 – the ultimate goal of this research is to showcase a retrospective exhibit of historical NFTs. Follow and explore the project on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hnftfest

 

Upcoming Events

Bitcoin Amsterdam Art Gallery – Westergas, Amsterdam – October 12-13
As part of the Bitcoin Amsterdam event an art gallery will be featuring the work of several prominent Pepe artists and an auction by Scarce City. The Bitcoin Amsterdam event itself runs from October 12-14.

Historical NFTs – Barcelona – October 28/29/30
The Historic NFT Event takes place in Barcelona  October 28th to 30th and has a very impressive list of people attending. There have been several Twitter Spaces leading up to the event. Check out their Twitter Profile for more information: https://twitter.com/hnftfest

PepeX – London – 2nd November
A Pepe exhibition and party incorporating all types of Pepes called PepeX will be hosted in London at the Old Brompton Gallery on 2nd November. Confirmed artists include EasyB, MrHansel, Indelible and displays of Pepenardo physical works available for viewing. More details will be available soon – keep an eye on Twitter.

 

Counterparty.io updates
The Counterparty.io/projects list has recently been updated. Feel free to browse and visit projects using Counterparty. You may find something new that interests you!

New additions this month include:

• Bitcoin Coaster Cards – a project featuring the well known Bitcoin Roller Coaster Guy and his many adventures. It is an ongoing card collection with numbered series and cards. Join the telegram group here: https://t.me/bitcoincoaster
• Dank Directory – Dank Directory has successfully expanded the lens that “art” can be accessed and projected, but also conceived in terms of meaning and propagating value outside of the traditional rhetoric.
• HODLPET – the first living creature hosted on the Bitcoin blockchain via Counterparty!
• The Drooling Apes Bus Club – a community generated NFT project focused on accessibility, fun, and artistic celebration of all things apes, drool, and buses.

If your project isn’t there, and you’d like it to be added – please contact projects@counterparty.io with a logo and a short description.

 

FAQs to help
Watch out for a new resource coming soon to help newbies improve knowledge and provide answers to commonly asked questions. If you have any suggestions for questions, please drop us a line at support@counterparty.io.

Development Updates

Freewallet 0.9.22 released!

The latest release of Freewallet introduces functionality to take advantage of Oracled Dispensers and the ability to Reset Token Divisibility, in addition to a few bug fixes.

Download the latest version for you platform (Windows, MacOS, Linux) here: https://freewallet.io/

 

Counterparty Improvement Proposals (CIPs)

The latest CIP to be announced is the Enhanced Asset Information Specification (CIP25) which defines a standard set of attributes for storing media information about Tokens, and lays the way for a simple DNS redirection service.

Using a standard schema for defining asset information will make it easier to parse out these values programmatically and paves the way for easier integration into your website or project.

CIPs exist to give the development and user community a voice in the future of Counterparty features. More info can be found at  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips. If you have a great idea for improving the Counterparty experience, please get in touch.

 

Community Hangouts

Your Counterparty Community Outreach Manager hosted their first ever Twitter Space with developers J-Dog and Javier – they discussed recent Counterparty improvements for Resetting Asset Divisibility and Oracle Dispensers.

Unfortunately a technical issue stopped some would-be contributors from joining the conversation. You can listen to the recording here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqGoAeomnAxv?s=20 

This month’s space will be hosted on October 12th @ 1pm PST / 8pm UTC – follow the Counterparty Twitter at https://twitter.com/CounterpartyXCP or join the Official Counterparty Chat on Telegram https://t.me/Counterparty_XCP for announcements. Drop us a message if you have an exciting topic you want to discuss with developers or the community. If you were unable to join last time – hopefully the Twitter Gods will bless our next twitter space.

 

For any media inquiries contact press@counterparty.io.

Please join the @Counterparty_XCP group on Telegram for breaking news and real-time Counterparty conversation!

Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.

Check out some recent news below:

Community Updates

https://token.art/ – A NFT Showcase App
Want to show off your Tokens and NFTs you hold across multiple platforms (Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, WAX, Counterparty, and Dogeparty) all in one place. This is an app for iOS and Android from “Awesome Labs” which allows you to add multiple addresses and browse by collection.

Using your public address, this app avoids the need to enter your secret phrase or import any private keys, thus allowing you to avoid entering your secret phrase anywhere other than your main trusted devices.

Check out the information and direct download links here: https://token.art/

 

#weareallhodlonaut Fundraiser
The Counterparty community has stepped up and taken part in the Scarce City fundraiser to support community member @hodlonaut with legal fees to defend his allegation that Craig Wright is not the identity of pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

According to Scarce City’s “Hodlonaut Donation Collection page” over 2 BTC had been raised in total, with over 0.5 BTC (estimated) of that total generated by Counterparty backed lots.

Hodlonaut is due to take the stand and defend his allegations starting September 12. More details can be found on the website: https://www.defendingbtc.com/

New community member resources
A Counterparty resource list has been pulled together by Dogeparty and Counterparty community member @n0vaxNFT. This is an excellent resource if you are just starting out with Counterparty or Dogeparty – or if you are new to either space a great place to start.

Temporarily hosted on Google drive – it will be relocated to its new home shortly. You can find it here on Google Docs.

 

Counterparty.io updates
The Counterparty.io/projects list has recently been updated. Feel free to browse and visit projects using Counterparty. You may find something new that interests you!

If your project isn’t there, and you’d like it to be added – please contact projects@counterparty.io with a logo and a short description.

 

FAQs to help
Don’t know your segwit from your metadata? Then watch out for a new resource coming soon to help newbies improve knowledge and provide answers to commonly asked questions. If you have any suggestions for questions, please drop us a line at support@counterparty.io.

Development Updates

Counterparty 9.60.0 released!
A new release of Counterparty had arrived. Version 9.60.0 introduces new features for Oracled Dispensers (CIP24) and Reset Token Divisibility for Unused Assets (CIP03), as well as the usual bunch of bug fixes and updates.

Oracle dispensers allow you to price a dispenser in a stable fiat currency (currently USD, JPY and EUR), and regardless of the fluctuation in Bitcoin, a dispense will occur when the matching value is received.

Reset Token Divisibility is now possible if you are the owner of the asset, you own 100% of the supply and the asset is not locked. 

For more detailed information on how to update your Counterparty Federated Node, see the news article.

 

Counterparty Improvement Proposals (CIPs)
CIPs exist to give the development and user community a voice in the future of Counterparty features. More info can be found at  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips. If you have a great idea for improving the Counterparty experience, please get in touch.

 

Community Hangouts

Last month J-Dog – Counterparty’s dedicated developer – spoke to BitcoinJake09 about all things Counterparty – A recording of the Twitter Space is available.

Fancy getting together with the community and fellow developers? Have an interesting story to tell? Have any ideas for a topic? Drop a message here https://t.me/Counterparty_XCP 

Look out for up and coming announcements for our first Community Hangout on Twitter Spaces in September 2022.

For any media inquiries contact press@counterparty.io.

Please join the @Counterparty_XCP group on Telegram for breaking news and real-time Counterparty conversation!

Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.

It’s been a while since the last newsletter. Check out some recent news below:

Community Updates

Coffeeparty – a global 24/7 party for coffee connoisseurs the world over
Good news for those that like coffee.The first Counterparty-based COFFEEPARTY has been created by Rare Pepe News (@rarepepetrader). Having relocated his family from Sydney to Banyuwangi, East Java, he now has access to coffee beans direct from growers and specific varieties from around Indonesia.

All beans are selected by the Founder of COFFEEPARTY, Bradley C Hughes, in consultation with Master Roasters. The beans will initially be sourced from Java, Indonesia and roasted by Master Roaster Mr Emir Yusuf in Banyuwangi, East Java.

The price of admission to be one of the 100 Founding Members of the COFFEEPARTY is 0.01 BTC. This membership provides 60 x 200g packets of delicious coffee beans, providing a different roasted coffee bean every month over a maximum five year redemption period. You can choose to have between 1 and 5 packets per month, reducing your redemption period as you increase your coffee intake.

Each monthly packet frequency has its own shipping costs, which will be paid by purchasing the corresponding quantity of shipping tokens, with shipping token redemptions required monthly in advance. Shipping tokens will be issued per frequency, and per region, with shipping costs varying according to region/country.

Initial countries and regions supported are:
Australia, EU – European Union, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America

For more information visit the telegram group here: https://t.me/coffeepartylobby

PHUNCHKIN drop 26th August
The PHUNCHKIN community is by the people for the people. The opportunity to use your artistic talents in whatever way you choose is encouraged. Each month a theme is agreed upon for the new series. The PHUNCHKINS then go off and create based on the theme, 1 submission per artist is accepted unless it is part of a collaboration. Each submission is then voted on by the community and the ones with the most votes will be accepted into the series.

Get involved at https://phunchkins.com/ or join the telegram group: https://t.me/phunchkins

Counterparty.io updates
The website is in the process of being updated with a list of updated and new projects. If your project isn’t there, and you’d like it to be added – please contact projects@counterparty.io with a logo and a short description.

FAQs to help
Don’t know your segwit from your metadata? Then watch out for a new resource coming soon to help newbies improve knowledge and provide answers to commonly asked questions.If you have any suggestions for questions, please drop us a line at support@counterparty.io.

Counterparty in the news

Cryptoholics has a write up on Counterparty, how it works, and what you can use it for. https://cryptoholics.com/cryptocurrency/counterparty-xcp

GQ Magazine – June 2022 – Article describing how to get into the NFT space – several notable artists’ work included in montage.

Development Updates

Fixes / Updates for the CounterpartyXCP/counterparty-lib implementation:

• [FIX] Subasset ownership transfers will no longer fail
• [FIX] Asset/subasset ownership transfers no longer fail from segwit addresses
• [FIX] “*” no longer prepended to asset descriptions.
• [FIX] Locking child asset without parent
• [UPDATE] Forbidden SQL keywords now allowed in asset names
• [UPDATE] Reduced bitcoin dust limit from 5640 to 546 sats for p2sh transactions
• [UPDATE] Reduced data encoding fees on MPMA sends by a factor of 10x

A special thanks goes out to Windsok for spearheading the work to improve unit testing.

Counterparty Improvement Proposals (CIPs)

CIPs exist to give the development and user community a voice in the future of Counterparty features. More info can be found at  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips.  A couple of notable updates:

Reset Token & Divisibility Statuses (CIP-0003) is an improvement that allows owners of tokens to reset the issuance and divisibility if the asset owner holds all of the supply. It has now achieved 100% of its funding goal and will be included in the next release

Oracled Dispensers (CIP-0024) are imminent in the next release. These are dispensers/vending machines where you will be able to sell tokens for BTC, but price items in fiat (i.e. sell a card for $10 regardless of price of BTC)

Community Hangouts

Fancy getting together with the community and fellow developers? Have an interesting story to tell? Recently Counterparty community member Oliver Morris was featured on the weekly #DPmonday Twitter Space hosted by the Dogeparty  community. A recording of the August 8 #DPmonday is available.

Have any ideas for a topic? Drop a message here https://t.me/Counterparty_XCP 

For any media inquiries contact press@counterparty.io.

Please join the @Counterparty_XCP group on Telegram for breaking news and real-time Counterparty conversation!

Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.

Counterparty was recently reviewed by cryptoholics.com and the review can be viewed at : https://cryptoholics.com/cryptocurrency/counterparty-xcp

Ecosystem Updates

New Projects

• Passing of Core Developer John Villar
  It is our unfortunate duty to inform the community of the passing of one of our developers on March 8th of this year. John Villar was a friendly, insightful and kind hearted integral member of the Counterparty development team and the wider crypto community. In his wake the community came together to raise funds for his family for their unforeseen expenses. A commemorative token was created and set up in a dispenser (xchain.io/tx/1551579) with all sales being forwarded periodically to the family. John was known for not only most of the recent Counterparty protocol improvements (CIPs) but also for developing the RarePepeParty game with his company in Venezuela. A burn address has been created as a shrine to John and if users would like to send him tokens of appreciation, they can do so at : 1JohnViLLARchiguireitorxxxxwhsz7P

• Goodman.auctions
  The first, and longest running nft/token auction in the crypto space resumes activity. With 40 to 50 rapid fire lots participants remain engaged throughout the auction which takes place on telegram or occasionally in person, such as the 2021 Miami Bitcoin conference. Although they have expanded to selling assets on other blockchain projects they have witnessed a definite spillover of new participants coming to collecting Counterparty cryptoart because of the established historical significance and provenance. An interesting trend that they recognized is that throughout the latest crypto correction, most early Counterparty works have retained or even gained value in usd terms. Buyers, Sellers and spectators are invited to learn more at https://goodman.auction

• Uocp.org – University of Counterparty
  With the intention of building a repository for all information related to Counterparty, this education website was launched by a very active community member known as Xcer. With a Frequently Asked Questions section and some basic curriculum, users are invited to submit questions, answers or apply to be a volunteer. Learn more at https://ucop.org 

• Xcer.co
  This new trading card company includes a Counterparty NFT with each and every card. Simply scratch the back of the card to get the private key to access the card’s Bitcoin wallet that holds the card’s displayed NFT. XCER is currently working on adding seamless trading to its platform that will let users offer and make trades with each other directly. XCER’s goal is to make acquiring Counterparty Bitcoin NFTs easy and fun for anyone and to attract a broader audience to Counterparty based projects. Learn more about this project at https://xcer.co

Existing Projects

• XCP Foundation
  Efforts continue into 2021 as they face previous unresolved hurtles as well as new challenges. They are meeting this month in person in order to push things forward. Currently the organization is an LLC but has not successfully been approved for non-profit or not-for-profit status. Among other things, they have been informed by legal counsel that there needs to be a more organized and evident educational curation. They have also had another resignation and will be soon seeking new members who are serious about being active and attentive. A lengthier presentation and discussion will be facilitated later this month. Currently scheduled for July 31st noon EST. A formal statement is expected before then. 

• EverdreamSoft
  Book of Orbs has ceased operation as services required to function have been discontinued. EDS still offers a suite of products to manage Counterparty assets, including Casa Tookan. More info at https://everdreamsoft.medium.com/book-of-orbs-says-good-bye-452f5c8843ea

• Coval
  Circuits of Value has created EmblemVault for the use of cross-chain transactions. Owners of CounterParty based tokens (as well as others) can now tokenize the blockchain addresses with assets or whole collections and list them for sale in places like OpenSea. The original assets still remain on the native protocol. More info https://desktopcommando.medium.com/trading-xcp-nfts-on-ethereum-matic-networks-87a89101fd58

• MafiaWars.io
  Continuing on their 37th month, MafiaWars.io has distributed MAFIACASH to all family members. To encourage new submission, not only has the entry fee been waived but there is also a monthly design contest. Top three submissions chosen will be awarded MAFIACASH and enhanced in-game stats. More info http://mafiawars.io/news/montly-design-contest

• WTHAuctionHouse
  Another established auction house restarted operations on Easter weekend at Follow the White Rabbit episode of Future Art. This return was live streamed as it took place in person at the conference. Also expanding to other blockchain projects, and rebranding as Roaring, efforts continue to facilitate buying and selling in a live setting. Auctions continue on a regular basis. More info https://roaringauctions.com

• RarePepe.Party
  This much anticipated game has also suffered recent setbacks with the loss of John Villar and also his father, another company manager. Contimita, the company developing the game, is faced with project reprioritization and recovery. While this game may have been put on the back burner, it is not going to fade away. Mr. Javier Varona Zavatti is still working to recover the website domain and other integral accounts. He assures everyone interested that he will not give up on this project. It is his personal goal to honor his brother’s legacy by seeing the project to completion.  

• Kaleidoscope XCP
  Kaleidoscope XCP is still online and accepting submissions. It is a place to gather CounterParty assets that might not get represented anywhere else. It currently has a pretty eclectic mix of off-kilter art and ideas. Kaleidoscope accepts most formats including standalone code blocks. Feel free to visit their website at kaleidoscopexcp.com, or get in the telegram chat if you have a specific idea you wish to discuss. https://t.me/joinchat/WPZMtLWA9QToGdJC

• Artolin.org
  Artolin has been recently acknowledged as one of the first NFT platforms ever created. Both Dada and Martin Ostachowsky have made public their support. This platform continues to be open for submissions at https://artolin.org

CounterParty in the Wild

• The Rare Pepe Story – Tuesday July 13th 9PM EST
  Tune into TwitterSpaces or head over to MetaverseDAO HQ in Cryptovoxels to catch the first in a series about early NFTs. Shannon Code from COVAL, Joe Looney of RarePepeWallet fame, Artnome and more share with Claire Silver as moderator. Topics include the birth of RarePepe, meme culture, current state and future of NFTs. https://twitter.com/metaverseDAO/status/1412970030237724675

• Scarce.city
  Built on Lightning Network and specializing in auctions for fine bitcoin goods, Scarce.city hosted several RarePepe lots since launch. The debut lot, in mid April, was from Mike and Joe Looney. It featured Physical RAREPEPE and GOXPEPE and fetched 46,000,000 satoshis valued at $15,698.47. Since then, others have also utilized this service. https://scarce.city/collections/rare-pepe-1

• Bitcoin Miami 2021
  Some community members had the opportunity to attended this conference and a few even had a chance to display RarePepe artwork. This was a great opportunity to get exposure to the greater Bitcoin community. Several new users joined the telegram room and mentioned that they had made personal contact with one of our community members. 

Development News

Completed CIPs 

In the last year several upgrades have been integrated into the CounterParty protocol. 

• CIP #19 – Upgrade Counterparty to use Latest Bitcoin and Indexd
  This much needed upgrade added support for segwit, bech32 addresses, and hash timelocks to indexd.
  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips/blob/master/cip-0019.md

• CIP #20 – Address Sweep
  Sweeps allows users to sweep/move all assets and asset ownerships to another wallet with one single transaction.
  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips/blob/master/cip-0020.md

• CIP #21 – Dispensers (Vending Machines)
  Dispensers are a major functional upgrade which allow any user to set up a vending machine to sell any counterparty token at a set BTC price. Once the minimum amount of BTC is sent to the dispenser, then the sending address is credited back with the token(s) from the dispenser all in a single transaction. This feature makes using Bitcoin (BTC) on the Counterparty platform much easier and makes the entire process a single transaction. This feature was primarily written to simplify buying things on Counterparty using BTC. In addition this feature allows for setting up of multiple dispensers on the same address to enable selling “packs” of cards or tokens with a single BTC payment.
  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips/blob/master/cip-0021.md

• CIP #22 – Update Fednode Stack to Use Addrindexrs
  This CIP was created and implemented to make running a federated node easier and faster, as switching from index to addrindexrs for tracking BTC address balances resolves a number of issues including unacceptable address balance query times and the occasional hang on queries which took a long time to respond.
  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips/blob/master/cip-0022.md

• CIP #23 – Bug Fixes on Non-divisible Dividends and 0 Quantity Credits
  This CIP resolved an issue where users were unable to do dividend payments when the dividend asset was non-divisible. In addition this CIP resolved an issue where 0-quantity records were being created incorrectly in the Counterparty database, adding to the database bloat.
  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips/blob/master/cip-0023.md

Upcoming CIPs

• CIP#24 – Oracled Dispensers
  Oracled Dispensers are a proposal which will allow users to price and sell their vending machine tokens using a fiat currency (USD, CAD, EUR, etc). By using trusted oracles which broadcast the price of fiat currencies on a regular basis, users will be able to sell their tokens for BTC, but priced in fiat. Currently a user is only able to sell tokens from vending machines for a fixed BTC price, which given the BTC price fluctuations is a bit undesirable as the user is never sure exactly how much the BTC they are getting is worth at the time of payment. Using oracled dispensers, users will be able to sell their tokens for a set fiat price (say $5 USD) and the dispenser will only vend out a token when it determines that it has received a BTC payment which is at least $5 USD or more. This feature greatly expands the functionality of dispensers and is currently accepting funding at https://xchain.io/tx/1547115
  https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips/blob/cip24/cip-0024.md

Upcoming Events

• Developer Meeting – July 18th at 17:00 EST
  This open meeting will be hosted on telegram and recorded for those who cannot make it to the live event. If you are interested in presenting, please email press@counterparty.io with a proposal and contact information. We will be allocating 10-15 minutes for each presenter as well as an open discussion afterwards. 

• XCP Foundation Town Hall Meeting – July 31st Noon EST
  Remaining members will give an update on the efforts over the last year as well as facilitate an open discussion in order for the community to determine the most suitable ways to take on the ever changing challenges that come with collective decision making.

Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.

June sees some big steps forward in terms of community strengthening, strategically positioning counterparty for a positive future alignment and beginning groundwork to structure the project for longevity.

Ecosystem Updates:

The twelth MAFIACASH rewards distribution has been completed – all players of the mafia themed, blockchain based idle accumulation game have been rewarded with MAFIACASH token distributions. A full breakdown of the distribution stats including changes in family membership and current profits can be found here: https://mafiawars.io/news/mafiacash-distribution-12#

The 12th MAFIACASH Distribution has been completed! https://t.co/mqIzacKVIc Check out the Mafia Wars game at https://t.co/avriFAKxRj to start earning MAFIACASH today! #MafiaWars #MafiaCash #Bitcoin #BTC #Counterparty #XCP #BlockchainGaming pic.twitter.com/xC5ygNPxZK

— Mafia Wars (@mafiawars_io) June 2, 2019

Wallet updates

The easy to use Counterparty Cryptogoods Chrome Extension Wallet, Freeport by has received several further updates, including a bugfix affecting asset divisibility and improved logic for fee estimation

Check it out on the Chrome Extension store or Github at https://freeport.io https://github.com/loon3/Freeport-extension

CounterParty community

A popular thread on CounterParty talk forum was started by community member CryptoAlan where a number of participants discussed a future reboot of a community driven, community comprised foundation in order to more effectively establish soft governance and generally steer CounterParty forward. As counterparty is an open source, grass-roots decentralized project, each individuals voice is important and is listened to. Please feel free to peruse the full thread below, and consider contributing your viewpoint if you haven’t already https://counterpartytalk.org/t/counterparty-foundation-in-2019-new-updates/5446/67

Ultimately discussions originating from the thread above spurred the announcement of the newly formed CounterParty foundation; by community member J-Dog and marks the start of the first election for the new entity. Below is a description of the stated goals and directions

The Counterparty Foundation is a group dedicated to advancing the Counterparty protocol and its products, educating the community on the Counterparty technology, driving global Counterparty awareness, and ensuring Counterparty remains a successful and growing platform.

The Foundation is governed by five Community Directors.

Today, we’re happy to announce the start of the Counterparty Foundation Community Directors 2019 election.

For the next three weeks, from June 10th till July 1st, we are inviting everyone to participate in the election process by nominating candidates to fill five Community Director seats. The only requirement for the nomination is that the candidate hold at least 50 XCP and prove this by broadcasting a message from his or her address with the name of the nominee.

If you would like to nominate yourself or another candidate, please reply to this thread with the following candidate information:

After the two week long voting period, at the voting closing block, the top five addresses that receive the highest number of votes will be announced as winners, and their owners receive Community Director positions for the term of one year.

The forum thread for contributing to the ongoing 2019 election is as follows: https://counterpartytalk.org/t/ann-start-of-the-counterparty-foundation-2019-election-nomination-period-jun-10th-july-1st/5535

Please feel free to chime in with suggestions, votes and nominations. Again, as a grass roots project- there is no costly financial barrier or restriction- anybody is free to nominate themselves.

Community member monkey has also set upon creating a thread that aims to work towards documenting and facilitating a community editable interface for the more efficient outreach to exchanges, with a goal to to improve liquidity and discoverability of the base token. Monkey mentions that as of early June, two exchanges have been contacted and are currently looking into listing counterparty, with further dialogue and dialogue with other exchanges to follow. The thread is as follows

https://counterpartytalk.org/t/exchange-outreach/5514

In meatspace news, The second Rare AF (Rare Art Festival) took place last month during Blockchain week NYC. The digital art festival featured from Ethereum, EOS, and CounterParty community and builders, artists and buyers involved in the nascent NFT (Non fungible token) space. A RAREAF afterparty took place with admission tickets available on the blockchain, and DEX– tokenized via the counterparty protocol

Development news

In development news, counterparty developers, in collaboration with IndieSquare are gearing up for an announcement of a major signature project– HAZAMA.

HAZAMA is a bitcoin side chain technology built using the federated peg model. It allows the 2 way peg of BTC, Counterparty and other blockchain assets such as ERC-20 to a cheaper and faster side chain. HAZAMA has no HAZAMA token nor native asset/ICO, it only supports 1:1 pegging of existing assets (for example XCP and other assets running on top of counterparty).
A current complaint of leveraging main-chain bitcoin/ethereum for asset transfer is high transaction fees and slow confirmation times in periods of peak congestion or spam attacks

Hazama allows dAPPS the ability to let users transfer digital assets & tokens with faster throughput and much lower fees. Peg in and Peg out at anytime.

Due to the instant confirmation property of Lightning and Hazama users will be able to instantly buy and sell HAZAMA assets for BTC. This opens up a world of new use-cases for counterparty assets.

https://www.hazama.indiesquare.me/

Core Counterparty development

Two new CIP’s (CounterParty Improvement Protocols) were publicized, fully funded and are currently in development due to be released on the next development milestone.

CIP 20: Segwit address sweep

CIP 20 Will provide a way for users to easily sweep legacy accounts onto Segwit accounts operating on counterparty protocol.

Counterparty has been receiving multiple fixes and enhancements, Counterparty was one of the few projects that has been updated with Segwit support.

However, moving assets and ownerships between addresses in large batches (e.g to a segwit enabled address) has been cumbersome and expensive in the past due to how Counterparty addresses are encoded.

SegWit adoption has proven to reduce the burden of on-chain transactions by a huge factor on the main chain, and as users of the “commons” we must set forth an example of “good citizenship” on the usage of the limited resource that is blockchain storage. Using and promoting SegWit addresses only prove to be a winning move for lower fees, but it will also show to the main core detractors that we’re well behaved inside the parent blockchain.

This CIP (CIP 20) Provides a simple, fast migration path from legacy accounts to Segwit for counterparty users.

The github repo for the CIP 20 (Segwit address sweep) can be found here: https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips/blob/cip21/cip-0020.md
Discussion on CIP 20 (segwit address sweep): Can be found here: https://counterpartytalk.org/t/cip20-address-sweep/5487

CIP 21: BTC Dispenser

CIP 21 details a clever mechanism to swap arbitary tokens for on-chain BTC without the need for a third signed message, unlike the current BTCPay implementation that existing on-chain BTC sends currently use that mandates the counterparty sending BTC must remain online in order to trustlessly sign the transaction authorizing the send of the BTC to the recipient on theother end within a certain timeframe.

This elegant new solution allows the set-up of non interactive ‘offline’ ‘dispensers’ that simply swap amount of a particular asset upon receipt of BTC, avoiding counterparty risk

The github repo for the CIP 21 (BTC Dispenser) can be found here: https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/cips/blob/cip21/cip-0021.md
Discussion on CIP 21 (BTC Dispenser) Can be found here: https://counterpartytalk.org/t/cip21-dispensers/5488

To stay up to date with any pending and currently developing CIPs check out their Github pages and the official Counterparty donate page here.

If you have a project that you’d like included in our newsletter please contact us at projects@counterparty.io

Please share or RT Counterparty CIPs on social media so we can help fulfill them faster!

We have also recently opened up a press channel for any media inquiries and would ask any media outlets to contact press@Counterparty.io.

Please join the @Counterparty_XCP group on Telegram for breaking news and real-time Counterparty conversation!

Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.

It’s been a buzzing couple of weeks all round in the Counterparty space. Check out a snippet of what’s been happening in the past month via the updates below.

Ecosystem Updates:

The eleventh MAFIACASH rewards distribution has been completed – all players of the mafia themed, blockchain based idle accumulation game have been rewarded with MAFIACASH token distributions. A full breakdown of the distribution stats including changes in family membership and current profits can be found here: https://mafiawars.io/news/mafiacash-distribution-11#

The 11th MAFIACASH Distribution has been completed! https://t.co/6YqCLzl71x Check out the Mafia Wars game at https://t.co/avriFAsWZL to start earning MAFIACASH today! #MafiaWars #MafiaCash #Bitcoin #BTC #Counterparty #XCP #BlockchainGaming pic.twitter.com/XOXRfQhils

— Mafia Wars (@mafiawars_io) May 1, 2019

Elsewhere, some continued good news for fans of Bitcrystals following last newsletters Gems news. BCY; The native token of the popular Blockchain based card game Bitcrystals has recently been listed on the Alterdice exchange!

Alterdice is a Singaporean cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2018 currently listing 20 cryptocurrencies and 70 trading pairs. It offers relatively low fees (0.2%) mobile and web based trading, and offers clients various crypto and fiat pairings.

Alterdice is listed on CoinMarketCap and other aggregators with healthy reported volumes. And as of today, BYC joins the likes of Ethereum and LTC on the exchange with it’s successful listing. BCY markets are currently available for customers to trade with BTC (with the full range of USD, BTC, and ETH pairings reportedly being rolled out.)

⚠️Breaking News⚠️: BitCrystals is listed on Alterdice exchange!
From now on, $BCY can be sold or purchased with $USD, $BTC, or $ETH.

More information on https://t.co/2V1kidYodY pic.twitter.com/lUF6N1H2mj

— Official BitCrystals (@BitCrystals) April 16, 2019

The Bitcrystals team have also been very busy networking with a meeting in Paris with French Gaming Giant Ubisoft as part of the blockchain gaming startup incubator program, Paris Blockchain week summit and a talk by the CEO @ShabanShaame at the Crypto Games Conference in Minsk, Belarus

Such a good event where we had a good time with the participants, speakers and companies.
See you again at the next edition.@Moonifyio @eos_pix @DappRadar https://t.co/dQn5SIIuny

— Official BitCrystals (@BitCrystals) May 6, 2019

In other ecosystem news, as mentioned in the April newsletter Augmentors took the step to remove their app from the app stores earlier this year and redesign the game from scratch. The first phase of their redesign was to start by build an MVP (minimum viable product)

The team has been reporting progress on their MVP coming to fruition and is offering a closed Alpha testing. The testing period will run from 14:00 UTC on Friday, 10 May 2019; until Monday, 13 May 2019 14:00 UTC. Those who have registered to be a tester will receive an email on Friday 10 May with instructions on how to install the app for testing. You can find full details of their testing process below.

If you'd like to participate in our closed testing from May 10 – May 13, you can sign up here: https://t.co/JbSI5gm6jv

Registration will close on May 7. Our Community Update this Friday will give you more detail on what to expect during the closed testing.

— Augmentors Game (@AugmentorsGame) April 30, 2019

Freeport updates

The easy to use Cryptogoods Chrome Extension Wallet, Freeport by developer and rockstar CounterParty contributor Joe Looney that was first showcased in last months newsletter has received several updates, minor bugfixes and general improvements– including dust and transaction format fixes (allowing spending from unspent UTXO’s) , the addition of twitter verification (linking a cryptogood address to a twitter handle) and various smaller UI and UX cleanups.

Check it out on the Chrome Extension store or Github at https://freeport.io

CounterParty in the news

The website CardRates, with input from CounterParty contributor and speaker Theo Goodman has published an excellent article on CounterParty entitled “Open-Source Counterparty Pushes Blockchain Capabilities Beyond Money Transfers” where they cover the wide range of applications of Blockchain beyond simply “store of value” and specifically hone in on how CounterParty has, since 2014 enabled transformative token economies by writing in the margin of traditional Bitcoin transactions– citing a number of innovative projects running on the platform and expanding on Counterparty’s vision for the future.

Read the full article here: https://www.cardrates.com/news/open-source-counterparty-pushes-blockchain-beyond-money-transfers/

Theo also speaks at the seminal Consensus NYC blockchain conference (13-15th May) with a talk entitled “Cutesy Cats: Tokens Come to Gaming and Betting”

In more conference news, the second Rare AF (Rare Art Festival) is scheduled to run on May 18th during Blockchain week NYC. The digital art festival features pundits from Ethereum, EOS, and CounterParty community and builders, artists and buyers involved in the nascent NFT (Non fungible token) space

NFT’s designed for digital collectible platforms like counterparty-based farming phenomenon Bitcorn Crops are among some of the artwork that has been accepted in submissions.

I'm so happy that my submission for @RareArtFest was selected by the committee! I will see you May 18 @BushXGenerator to celebrate rare art! #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain #btc #bitcorns #bitcorncrops #art #artwork #cryptoart #cryptogoods #farm #xcp #BlockchainWeekNYC #RareAF2

— TRUCK (@dangwozdz) April 19, 2019

A new DEX emerges

Raizer DEX- An new alternate implementation of a Decentralized exchange for CounterParty assets/tokens has been launched, with a view to letting users not just trade tokenized Counterparty assets/assets via an intuitive web-based interface but Bitcoin too via a similar process to wrapped Ethereum (WETH) that various Decentralized exchanges incorporate on the Ethereum ecosystem (albeit more centralized).

The team states in their website their design goal is letting have the same user experience and interface as traditional stock exchanges they may be used to. By incorporating XCP and BTC markets into their online exchange frontend (via a process of exchanging BTC into representative tokens exchangeable for their equivalent Raizer BTC token the stated goal is to facilitate more frictionless trading of the liquid BTC asset). Several pairs are currently active.

Participants & Token Issuance features have been successfully released. Participants allows you to identify who is creating an order and with Token Issuance, you can now make your own crypto business. Check them out! #RaizerDex https://t.co/nbX3YQDjCd

— RAIZER DEX (@raizercc) April 3, 2019

The Raizer team has an official twitter account which can be found here where they also link to their telegram and discord communities

You can find a link to the Decentralized exchange implementation itself here https://raizer.cc/ (where the answer to several FAQ’s also lie)

editors note: counterparty.io cannot vouch nor endorse for the safety or trustworthiness of alternative implementations of DEX frontend by third parties. We would urge end-users, as they would on any new platform to be cautious about re-using existing seeds or transferring large balances when evaluating wallets published by external sources

CounterParty behind the bar

Avacus is a Purse like system with it’s flagship token, VACUS operating atop of the counterparty protocol. Avacus connects people who want to shop for great deals using cryptocurrency and people who want to get cryptocurrency more conveniently without using an exchange, all through the Amazon wish list. The service primarily caters to the Japanese market segment but has a view of expanding to international markets in future. You can find more info on Avacus here.

In May 2018 Avacus launched it’s own pop-up sake bar concept, AVA-SAKE with a view to providing an avenue for like-minded cryptocurrency enthusiasts to mingle. In addition to payment in Yen (naturally) the bar also accepts Avacus and XCP tokens as payment for it’s range of Sake, whiskey and other potions.

AVA-SAKE’S 1 year anniversary has now been reached, and to mark the occasion a special collaborative event was recently held at Bar the WU in Shibuya Tokyo, Japan, with limited edition beer mats, special brews and other swag available in exchange for various tokens.

avasakeきたよ！！ pic.twitter.com/iJeIxhYzdi

— こゆきシンママ大黒柱ライター (@tendontabetaine) May 3, 2019

Development news

Pebble – IndieSquares latest counterparty supported, lightning wallet – has continued to see developmental updates with the announcement of easy to use channel funds recovery feature (restore from cloud services) as a feature soon to be added.

Simple encrypted channel back ups coming to pebble! pic.twitter.com/2ssXN7iZ9n

— Pebble (@pebblewallet) April 29, 2019

Elsewhere in other counterparty related development initiatives Developers at Circuits of Value (Coval) have recently developed and published an API that aims to simplify the process of integration and management of XCP and other tokens running on top of the Counterparty protocol. This is especially helpful for those exchanges or other services seeking to integrate CounterParty assets into their ecosystem

The NodeJS API handles transaction construction, transaction signing and wallet management and is purported to be near feature-complete and in continued development
The code has been published on Open source Mecca Github for interested persons to download, inspect and play with at their leisure.

Any exchanges want to add Counterparty (XCP) assets but are struggling with configuring the tools? I’m 90% finished with an easy to run NodeJs api that will handle wallet management as well as transaction creation and signing. Reach out for early access. https://t.co/zDhFbuAULg

— ₡OVAL (@circuitsofvalue) April 17, 2019

In internal generalized development focus, work continues on the following CIP’s

CIP 6 – P2SH data encoding:
P2SH data encoding will allow Counterparty to utilize more space for transactions. CIP 6 will be beneficial to large transactions and is a prerequisite in supporting some of the more advanced send types, such as multi-peer-multi-asset (MPMA) and Multiparty Counterparty Aggregate Transactions (MCAT).

CIP 10 – Multi-Peer Multi-Asset Sends (MPMA):
Multi-Peer Multi-Assets sends will allow many assets to be sent to many peers in a single transaction, simplifying batch transactions, and reducing transaction fees even further.


CIP 13 – Multiparty Counterparty Aggregate Transactions (MCAT):
MCAT will allow Counterparty users to group their transactions with those of other Counterparty users, to reduce their send costs considerably. Most users will be able to utilize this feature to send transactions for less than the cost of a single bitcoin transaction.

CIP 13 will also allow Counterparty users to utilize MCAT nodes, to send assets across the Counterparty Network, and pay for the transaction fees in an asset other than BTC.

Counterparty is an open-source, community-funded project which progresses solely through the generous time and monetary donations of others.

To stay up to date with any pending and currently developing CIPs check out their Github pages and the official Counterparty donate page here.

If you have a project that you’d like included in our newsletter please contact us at projects@counterparty.io

Please share or RT Counterparty CIPs on social media so we can help fulfill them faster!

We have also recently opened up a press channel for any media inquiries and would ask any media outlets to contact press@Counterparty.io.

Please join the @Counterparty_XCP group on Telegram for breaking news and real-time Counterparty conversation!

Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.

It’s been a quiet month all round for the Counterparty community. Nevertheless, check out the updates below.

Ecosystem Updates:

Mafia Wars completed both their 10th distribution of MAFIACASH this past month. In another successful month for the COLOMBO family, the family grew by 56%; adding 545 new members. The GENOVESE family lost a member but still maintained their number 2 ranking. The Mafia Wars team is continuously promoting new card designs via their twitter handle. You can find out more information on how to purchase them here as well as check some out below:

OLDG https://t.co/DHp4XVeZMr is a new game card playable in the Mafia Wars game at https://t.co/avriFAKxRj #MafiaWars #Bitcoin #BTC #Counterparty #XCP #Blockchain #Gaming #BlockchainGaming pic.twitter.com/fHNA7BNMQA

— Mafia Wars (@mafiawars_io) April 1, 2019

PUSHER https://t.co/C61ZNwnnG3 is a new game card playable in the Mafia Wars game at https://t.co/avriFAKxRj #MafiaWars #Bitcoin #BTC #Counterparty #XCP #Blockchain #Gaming #BlockchainGaming pic.twitter.com/Qkf2d1V8a4

— Mafia Wars (@mafiawars_io) March 25, 2019

BitCrystals has some positive news following last month’s announcement to discontinue the progression of Spells of Genesis. Spells of Genesis players can now use the BitCrystals currency (BCY) to purchase one of the in-game currencies; Gems. Previously, Gems could only be bought using fiat currencies, and allow players to purchase speciality card packs and refill their stamina during gameplay. Spells of Genesis also celebrated the sale of more than 40,000 cards via Book of Orbs.

Thank you to all of our #community. We exceeded 40,000 #card sales for our #game @SpellsofGenesis on @BookofOrbs. I can not imagine the highs we will reach after the transformation of @BookofOrbs. Can’t wait to be there. #blockchain #multichain #collectibles pic.twitter.com/XiS5hOwIbK

— Official BitCrystals (@BitCrystals) March 19, 2019

The BitCrystals team also launched their ‘Bloom Campaign’ this past month, to incentivize users to download the multi-chain wallet; Casa Tookan. Ending April 30th, players will be rewarded with BCY the more they use Casa Tookan. Read more here.

The team has also promoted their Satoshi edition, Spells of Genesis themed cold storage ledger. Check it out:

Do you know what a #Ledger is? It’s a multi currency hardware wallet. Very useful to manage your private keys. Convinced? Get our #satoshi edition #Ledger nano S.
Over 1100 #cryptocurrencies supported.
For the purchase, go on https://t.co/ZVoqu0FWZy pic.twitter.com/JqK5PLfRC2

— Official BitCrystals (@BitCrystals) March 26, 2019

In other news, Spells of Genesis held the number 1 spot on Digirare at one point over the last month:

Pleased that Spells of Genesis is at the top of the ranking of Counterparty assets.#SpellsofGenesis #top1 #ranking #blockchain #cards #assets #collectibles https://t.co/YqjJpxHjNJ

— Official BitCrystals (@BitCrystals) March 26, 2019

Lastly, BitCrystals and EverdreamSoft CEO; Shaban Shaame, will be speaking at Belarus’ Crypto Games Conference.

Great topics with an even greater speaker.@shaban_shaame #Everdreamsoft #CGC #Minsk #2019 https://t.co/SAUIolpXA8

— Official BitCrystals (@BitCrystals) March 25, 2019

FoldingCoin shared via social media that FNTS; a cloud solutions service, was providing free cloud sharing services to help with the computer power distributing process.

FNTS is proud to provide free #cloud services to @foldingathome, a #computing project made up of teams from universities around the world committed to identifying new ways to treat #diseases. Thank you @sbmagomaha for highlighting this unique partnership.https://t.co/o8ylSe1ESr pic.twitter.com/rQ7wBd9QQO

— FNTS (@FNTS_IT) March 19, 2019

FoldingCoin was recently added by a bilingual stat service to their project. Available in English and Dutch, the blockspot service analyzes the FLDC token in its circulation.

Augmentors continues to engage its community with some major news over the past month. The game has temporarily been removed from the app store whilst the team rehauls the game as a whole; following feedback to make the game more engaging and fun. The main point of focus for the team is to increase user retention within the game and VR experience, and as a result, any roadmapped blockchain progress has also been delayed.

Two upcoming improvements to the game include the feature that allows for multiple creatures in battle, as well as the testing of turn mechanics to determine which creature will feature first in a battle and how often.

This is currently dependent on the creature’s speed. Existing and new creatures in the game are also being redeveloped to be more unique. You can check out all of the team’s community updates here.

Age of Rust follows on from last month as their social media recaps their presence at San Francisco’s Game Developer’s Conference (GDC).

The team also highlighted how the project was getting some attention in Korea:

Age of Rust getting attention in Korea!!! ??? #indiegame #enjin #blockchaingame pic.twitter.com/YGNun3UiQC

— Age of Rust (@SpacePirate_io) March 22, 2019

Freewallet, an opensource Bitcoin and Counterparty wallet, powers through with another update this month. Version 0.1.9 includes some bug fixes and increases wallet stability:

Happy to announce the release of version 0.1.9 of FreeWallet Mobile wallet for iOS and Android devices, as well as a browser version. This version fixes a number of issues and greatly improves the stability of the wallet! #Counterparty #XCP #XChain https://t.co/5tNiKsKyZF pic.twitter.com/E9oxmPlr30

— FreeWallet (@FreeWallet) March 18, 2019

Freeport.io is an app created by Rare Pepe Wallet founder; Joe Looney. Available as a Google Chrome extension, allows users to create cryptogoods- much like the beloved Rare Pepe – via the Bitcoin Blockchain. Freeport promotes image anchoring to ensure the authenticity of any asset created. Check out more here:

Freeport v0.2.4 now available in the Chrome Web Store! Includes image anchoring to ensure asset image authenticity. https://t.co/j2IhShJDCL pic.twitter.com/LGcGW6unJT

— Freeport (@FreeportApp) April 1, 2019

Counterparty in the News:

Pebble – as mentioned last month to be IndieSquares latest counterparty supported, lightning wallet – was mentioned by the bitcoin merchant directory as one of seven lightning wallets to try out.

Having great Lightning Wallets for iOS will take us a long way for retail #bitcoin adoption.

Check out these 7 Lightning Wallets which are leading the way on iOS!@shangoapp @walletofsatoshi @lightning_peach @bluewalletio @pebblewallet @ZeusLN https://t.co/DhrlLcGHhE

— Bitcoin Merchant Directory (@DirectoryBtc) March 29, 2019

With RareAF2 taking place on May 18th in New York City, submissions of rare art for the event were held (and closed) last month. To learn more about the event and who will be selecting the art from all of the entries click here.

In a new video by Bitcoin Weird; sponsored by Bitcorn Crops, JScrilla lends his experience to the discussion, and also talks Rare Pepes:

New Video on https://t.co/prwxiCR48g – Episode 2 with @junseth talking to @ScrillaVentura about beanie babies, his thoughts on NFTs, Censorship, Alex Jones & much more. @DJPEPE_ makes an appearance- & it’s all sponsored by @BitcornCrops #BitcoinWeird pic.twitter.com/p9N0Y1tJdK

— ₿W (@BitcoinWeird) March 30, 2019

Development News:

Development news is quiet this month as our team continues to work on the current CIPs as listed below:

CIP 6 – P2SH data encoding:
P2SH data encoding will allow Counterparty to utilize more space for transactions. CIP 6 will be beneficial to large transactions and is a prerequisite in supporting some of the more advanced send types, such as multi-peer-multi-asset (MPMA) and Multiparty Counterparty Aggregate Transactions (MCAT).

CIP 10 – Multi-Peer Multi-Asset Sends (MPMA):
Multi-Peer Multi-Assets sends will allow many assets to be sent to many peers in a single transaction, simplifying batch transactions, and reducing transaction fees even further.


CIP 13 – Multiparty Counterparty Aggregate Transactions (MCAT):
MCAT will allow Counterparty users to group their transactions with those of other Counterparty users, to reduce their send costs considerably. Most users will be able to utilize this feature to send transactions for less than the cost of a single bitcoin transaction.

CIP 13 will also allow Counterparty users to utilize MCAT nodes, to send assets across the Counterparty Network, and pay for the transaction fees in an asset other than BTC.

Counterparty is an open-source, community-funded project which progresses solely through the generous time and monetary donations of others.

To stay up to date with any pending and currently developing CIPs check out their Github pages and the official Counterparty donate page here.

If you have a project that you’d like included in our newsletter please contact us at projects@counterparty.io

Please share or RT Counterparty CIPs on social media so we can help fulfill them faster!

We have also recently opened up a press channel for any media inquiries and would ask any media outlets to contact press@Counterparty.io.

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Disclaimer: This newsletter is sent as an informational piece, and no part of it should be taken as financial advice.